Safer dementia care in Mental Health hospitals

Mental Health staff face a quandary: how can they verify that patients who are alone in their own bedrooms are safe and at the same time foster rest and privacy?
The current standard of care is to risk assess patients and check them in person at frequent intervals: in Mental Health hospitals, these checks are typically carried out every 15 minutes.
Despite the best efforts of dedicated ward staff following established protocols, incidents on inpatient wards still occur.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (“CWPT”) have been working with Oxehealth’s Oxevision to tackle the challenge of conducting effective safety observations on dementia wards to reduce falls and associated injuries.